Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little WomenIn a few minutes it really did seem as if kind spirits hadbeen at work there. Hannah, who had carried wood,made a fire, and stopped up the broken panes with oldhats and her own cloak. Mrs. March gave the mother teaand gruel, and comforted her with promises of help, whileshe dressed the little baby as tenderly as if it had been herown. The girls meantime spread the table, set the childrenround the fire, and fed them like so many hungry birds,laughing, talking, and trying to understand the funnybroken English.‘Das ist gut!’ ‘Die Engel-kinder!’ cried the poor thingsas they ate and warmed their purple hands at thecomfortable blaze. The girls had never been called angelchildren before, and thought it very agreeable, especiallyJo, who had been considered a ‘Sancho’ ever since she wasborn. That was a very happy breakfast, though they didn’tget any of it. And when they went away, leaving comfortbehind, I think there were not in all the city four merrierpeople than the hungry little girls who gave away theirbreakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milkon Christmas morning.‘That’s loving our neighbor better than ourselves, and Ilike it,’ said Meg, as they set out their presents while their26 of 861